Taylor King, who played college basketball at Duke and Villanova, posted a message on his Facebook page (link has some NSFW language) saying that he was considering changing his religion so he could play basketball for Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel. Jewish players, you see, do not count toward an Israeli team’s quota of foreign players, and Tel Aviv is not interested in signing him otherwise, according to a report on TabletMag.com.

“Who is jewish? I'm catholic and need to convert to Judaism ASAP,” King wrote on his Facebook wall. “Anyone kno what I have to do and how long it takes? If I become Jewish im bout to get f***** paid babeh. Maccabi tel aviv in isreal want me to play for them but all I gotta do is convert to Judaism....lol.”

This didn’t sit well with King’s sister, Jacquelyn, who replied, “You’re a dumbass. ... Moms going to flip ...”

Andy Bachman, a rabbi in Brooklyn, offered some information on conversion that may have changed King’s mind. In addition to a year of studying and renouncing his Catholicism, Bachman said, “He has to be willing to submit to circumcision and mikvah.”

Ouch.

Sounds like King may have figured that out himself. Responding to his sister’s message, King wrote, “I kno I talked to (his mom) on the phone. Believe me if the process to convert wasn't so difficult I would have done it by now cuz the $ they are offering is absurd.”

Later in the post, King relented, “I'm not doing it anyway so it doesn't matter. STOP TRIPPIN EVERYBODY PLEASE.... thank u. Soooooo RUSSIA ANYONE? HAHA”